A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
SOPHOCLESOne word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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